CALIFORNIANS GUARD BY THE WAY, SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING FOR PAYMENT. A UC DAVIS STUDENT IS UPSET AFTER BEING DENIED AN AMTRAK BUS RIDE AFTER HE REFUSED TO REMOVE THE DAGGER THAT HE CONSIDERS SACRED. HE IS FACING -- HE SAYS THAT HE IS FACING A RELIGIOUS FORMATION. I WAS QUITE SHOCKED. HE IS A 20-YEAR-OLD ECONOMIC STUDENT AND THIS IS HIS PERP ON, REQUIRED TO BE WORN BY HIS SICK FAITH -- BY HIS SIKH FAITH. DO CUT -- TO COMPROMISE THAT ON BEHALF OF SOMEBODY ELSE IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHEN A DRIVER ON AMTRAK SAW THIS MONDAY MORNING, HE CALLED POLICE. IT WAS A TEST LIKE , GOD, WHAT TRAVEL AND GO HOME AND MEET MY FAMILY OR WILL I STAY COURT TO MY BELIEVES IN MY RELIGION. THE BUS COMPANY, PREFERRED CARRIER, SAID THAT THERE WAS SEE THAT ANY KNIFE OR WEAPON, RELIGIOUS OR NOT, MUST BE STOWED. THE TSA HAS THE SAME POLICY. HOMELAND SECURITY CONSIDERS THEM A KNIFE OR SWORD WHICH ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BE CARRIED ON BOARD. IT CAN CHECK -- A CAN TRAVEL IN CHECKED LUGGAGE. HE SAYS THAT HE HAS FLOWN BEFORE AND COMPLY. AMTRAK HAS SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS, BUT HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED EVEN WITH THIS IN PLAIN VIEW. I WAS DUMBFOUNDED. I HAVE BEEN WRITING AMTRAK FOR TWO YEARS AND NEVER HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS. HE SAYS THAT HE WISHES ALL OF AMTRAK WOULD CHANGE THEIR POLICY REGARDING SIKHS AD ND THEIR KURPONS. FOR NOW, HE WILL NOT HE GOING --